Japanese studies in Britain : a survey and history
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Japanese studies in Britain : a survey and history
Renaissance Books, 2016
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英国の日本学
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-308) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book takes an in-depth look at the study of Japan in contemporary Britain, highlighting the many strengths but also pointing out some weaknesses, while at the same time offering a valuable historical record of the origins and development of Japanese Studies in British universities and other institutions. It comprises essays written by scholars from universities all over Britain - from Edinburgh and Newcastle to Cardiff, SOAS and Oxbridge+, as well as contributions from various supporting foundations and organizations - from the British Association of Japanese Studies (BAJS) to the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures (SISJAC). It opens with an historical overview by Peter Kornicki, followed by chapters on the important role of missionaries in advancing Japanese language studies in pre-war Japan by Hamish Ion and the contribution of the British consular and military officers before 1941 by Jim Hoare. Japanese Studies in Britain gives a snapshot of the present state of Japanese Studies in Britain. It also provides an important new benchmark and point of reference regarding the present options for studying Japan at British universities. It offers in addition a wider perspective on the role, relevance and future direction of Japanese Studies for academia, business and government, students planning their future careers and more generally the world of education, as well as readers interested in the developing relationship between Britain and Japan.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
List of Relevant Biographical Portraits
Part I: History
1 A Brief History of Japanese Studies in Britain - from the 1860s to the Twenty-first Century
Peter Kornicki
2 British Missionaries and Japanese Studies in Pre-war Japan
Hamish Ion
3 British Consular and Military Officers in Japan before 1941
J. E. Hoare
Part II: Japanese Studies at Universities
4 Cambridge University
Richard Bowring
5 Japanese Library Collections: Cambridge and Elsewhere
Koyama Noboru
6 Cardiff University
Christopher Hood
7 Durham University
Don Starr
8 University of East Anglia
Simon Kaner
9 University of Edinburgh
Ian Astley, Helen Parker and Urs Matthias Zachmann
10 University of Leeds
Mark Williams
11 London School of Economics
Ian Nish and Janet Hunter
12 Manchester University
Jonathan Bunt
13 University of Newcastle
James Babb and Joanne Smith Finley
14 Oxford University
Roger Goodman and Arthur Stockwin
15 Oxford Brookes
Joy Hendry
16 Sheffield University
Gordon Daniels
17 SOAS, University of London
Andrew Gerstle and Alan Cummings
18 The White Rose East Asia Centre:
Collaboration in Japanese Studies Between the Universities of Leeds and Sheffield
Glenn Hook
19 Japanese Studies at Other Universities in Britain
Hugh Cortazzi
Part III: Foundations and Other Organizations
20 The British Association for Japanese Studies (BAJS)
Caroline Rose
21 The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation and Japanese Studies in UK Universities
Jason James
22 The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation: Japanese Studies Funding and Policy, 1985-2016
Stephen McEnally
23 The Japan Foundation's Support for Japanese Studies in Britain
Ishikawa Yui
24 The Japan Society and Japanese Studies in the UK
David Warren
25 Japanese Studies in the UK: The Role of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Polly Watson
26 The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures
Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere
27 The Tanaka Fund and its Impact on Japanese Studies Library Collections in the
UK through the JFEC and the JLG Cooperative Acquisitions Scheme
Gill Goddard
Bibliography
Index
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